Philologie

/filoloˈɡiː/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. philology

    • Er studiert Philologie.

      He studies philology.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Linguistik

Often confused academic fields: Philologie studies the history and texts of a specific language or language family; Linguistik is the broader, more modern science of language structure in general.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

filología

filología is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "philology."

Portuguese

filologia

filologia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "philology."

Practice

1 What does Philologie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er studiert ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Philologie?

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